Micah Pflaum

is a Boston-based theatermaker creating experimental, immersive, and interdisciplinary work.

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• Creature Feature

A young man transforming into a monster flees the austere Citadel to seek the sorcerer of the woods.

• Destination Unknown

Alex, a reserved college student and aspiring radio DJ, discovers an elevator that travels to different realities.

• Carmine and Charcoal

Investigate the estate of an eccentric and secretive aristocratic couple.
(This game isn't a play, but you can play it!)

"But what am I becoming?"
"In the end, whatever you decide. But I think it will be magnificent."

Creature Feature is a reimagining of John Milton’s court masque “A Masque Performed at Ludlow Castle,” (commonly known as “Comus”).
The Shepherds of the Citadel warn their charges never to venture into the nearby woods. They tell the story of a sorcerer who dwells there, corrupting travelers into monsters. But for an acolyte hiding his own transformation, braving those woods could be his path to answers. He discovers a realm of wild magic and revelry, but when his faithful friends pursue him into apparent danger, he must confront his fear that he will bring disaster to all he loves.

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• tech resume

Hypersomnia

(interactive installation, 2022)

• project documentation (pdf)

Kaleidoscope

(Lead Artist/Playwright, Skidmore Theater - SpringFest, 2021)
password to view: jkb

• department newsletter writeup

The Strange Case of Jay Harrison's Nervous Breakdown

(Playwright/Director/Designer, F.W. Parker Charter, 2019)

A 15-minute immersive play I conceptualized and produced as the culmination of a yearlong self-directed research project.

Sleeping Brody

(Director, Theatre@First | Festival@First 12, 2024)

Terrible Plays

(collaboratively devised, Fork & Shoe Theater Co-op, 2025)

The Great Impresario Boris Lermontov Would Like to Invite You to Dinner

(Director, Skidmore Theater, 2023 - staged reading)

• department newsletter writeup

Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread

(Director, Skidmore Theater, 2021)

I'm a theatermaker with a love for all parts of new play development, whether I'm sharing my own work or helping to realize someone else's vision as a director. I gravitate towards plays featuring magic, queer themes, and chances to depict the impossible onstage.
I'm also excited about experimental theater: devising, exploring the intersections of theater and games, working site-specifically, or even all of the above. I enjoy any opportunity to respond to the architecture of a non-(traditionally) theatrical space, or to make someone's day a little weirder.In addition to playwriting and directing, I work as a stagehand, have explored sound and costumes, acted in LARP events, and operated a robot. My hobbies include illustration, video editing, and hypertext fiction.